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Developmental changes in children's facial preferences (2014)
Journal Article
Boothroyd, L., Meins, E., Vukovic, J., & Burt, D. (2014). Developmental changes in children's facial preferences. Evolution and Human Behavior, 35(5), 376-383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.05.002

Facial averageness, symmetry, health, and femininity are positively associated with adults' judgements of attractiveness, but little is known about the age at which preferences for individual facial traits develop. We investigated preferences for the... Read More about Developmental changes in children's facial preferences.

Perceptions of Female Body Size and Shape in China, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom (2014)
Journal Article
Mo, J., Cheung, K. W., Gledhill, L. J., Pollet, T. V., Boothroyd, L. G., & Tovée, M. J. (2014). Perceptions of Female Body Size and Shape in China, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom. Cross-Cultural Research, 48(1), 78-103. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397113510272

Photographs of 50 women were rated for attractiveness, health, and fertility recorded by four sets of participants—Rural-Chinese (n = 50), Chinese participants in Hong Kong (n = 50), Chinese participants living in the United Kingdom (n = 50), and par... Read More about Perceptions of Female Body Size and Shape in China, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom.